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a top priority of the bill and melinda gates foundation has been to eradicate polio. the gates have committed a billion dollars to fighting the disease and almost beaten it. >> we started with 400000 kids a year being paralyzed and now less than 250,000. so we're pretty close. >> reporter: what's the next mountain to climb here? >> well, the -- the figure we always look at is reducing the number of children under five who die. and that was 12 million back in 1990, it's under seven million now. so we're -- by 2015 we will have cut it in half. and then the goal is to cut it in half again in the next 15 years. >> reporter: are you getting the money that you need? are governments, given the economic climate, coming forward? >> well, it really hangs in the balance because budgets are tighter than ever. >> reporter: there's never enough money, is there? >> that's right. whether it's funding scientists to create new inventions or getting them out there. every time i visit i say i wish we could move faster. >> reporter: the scope of gates' efforts is truly monumental. the wor
a top priority of the bill and melinda gates foundation has been to eradicate polio. the gates have committed a billion dollars to fighting the disease and almost beaten it. >> we started with 400000 kids a year being paralyzed and now less than 250,000. so we're pretty close. >> reporter: what's the next mountain to climb here? >> well, the -- the figure we always look at is reducing the number of children under five who die. and that was 12 million back in 1990, it's under...
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. >> reporter: both stonecipher, former ceo of the bill and melinda gates foundation in, a move that has stunned and electrified the world of nonprofits, stonecipher has taken the job as ceo of martha's table. >> for me the firstening is i'm joining a team, not just -- first thing is i'm joining a team, not just the folks at martha's day, but the 10,000 volunteers. >> reporter: she took no salary from the gates foundation and takes no salary at martha's tape. she goes from running a 38 bill -- table. she goes from running a $38 billion operation to a $6 billion operation here. she takes er martha's table after d.c. mayor vincent gray disappointed the community by announcing he'll sheriff's deputy the city's surplus to the city's saving account. >> i don't think that's the responsible thing to do. i think there's a lot of need in the district. >> reporter: marion barry told wusa9 today that he'll introduce a bill that would allow the mayor to spend 100 million of that surplus on social services. >> i'm going to push for at least 25 or $30 million for jobs, another 30 or $40 million fo
. >> reporter: both stonecipher, former ceo of the bill and melinda gates foundation in, a move that has stunned and electrified the world of nonprofits, stonecipher has taken the job as ceo of martha's table. >> for me the firstening is i'm joining a team, not just -- first thing is i'm joining a team, not just the folks at martha's day, but the 10,000 volunteers. >> reporter: she took no salary from the gates foundation and takes no salary at martha's tape. she goes from...
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along with melinda running the bill and melinda gates foundation. there's a third thing. what's the third thing, the catch-all for the rest of the things you do? >> well, innovation is what i love to work on, and so i'm spending time on energy innovation because we need cheap energy. we need clean energy. i'm creating a new high school course because i think science and history can be brought together and made more interesting. often, the money that lets you do the innovation is what's missing, and i'm lucky enough to have capital to-- whether it's a new nuclear reactor or cheap solar, i can back some wild ideas so that i put time into that. and it lets me learn a lot of science, work with brilliant people. >> rose: i have in my hand the bill and melinda gates at annual letter from you from the foundation. who is this directed to? who are you-- who do you want to read this? >> well, warren buff set sort of an ideal person i'd like to find it interesting because he's very busy doing his job, but he cares a lot about these issues. he knows i get to travel to africa. i get t
along with melinda running the bill and melinda gates foundation. there's a third thing. what's the third thing, the catch-all for the rest of the things you do? >> well, innovation is what i love to work on, and so i'm spending time on energy innovation because we need cheap energy. we need clean energy. i'm creating a new high school course because i think science and history can be brought together and made more interesting. often, the money that lets you do the innovation is what's...
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melinda has been an incredible partner, it's a partnership between our partners in the u.s. attorney offices and our partners in state and local government. when i think about the hate crimes cases and the other cases i've done, i've made friends for life with local law enforcement officers, with local da's and local community leaders who have been our eyes and ears. when i look around this audience i really appreciate the fact you have all the ingredients of reform and improvement. i have had the privilege of serving in the federal government, as melinda described, i've had the privilege of serving in state government as a state cabinet official back in maryland, i've had the privilege of serving as a local elected official and governor -- once a local elected official, always a local elected official. what i learned from that is partnership is what it's all about. if you want to confront the most vexing problems, you have to bring people across an ideological spectrum, you have to include the business community, you have to include our nonprofit, our faith leaders. that's
melinda has been an incredible partner, it's a partnership between our partners in the u.s. attorney offices and our partners in state and local government. when i think about the hate crimes cases and the other cases i've done, i've made friends for life with local law enforcement officers, with local da's and local community leaders who have been our eyes and ears. when i look around this audience i really appreciate the fact you have all the ingredients of reform and improvement. i have had...
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along with melinda, running the bill and melinda gates foundation. there's a third thing. what's the third thing, the catch-all for the rest of the things you do? >> well, innovation is what i love to work on, and so i'm spending time on energy innovation because we need cheap energy. we need clean energy. i'm creating a new high school course because i think sienc and history can be brought together and made more interesting. often, the money that lets you do the innovation is what's missing, and i'm lucky enough to have capital to-- whether it's a new nuclear reactor or cheap solar, i can back some wild ideas so that i put time into that. and it lets me learn a lot of science, work with brilliant people. >> rose: i have in my hand the bill and melinda gates at annual letter from you from the foundation. who is this directed to? who are you-- who do you want to read this? >> well, warren buff set sort of an ideal person i'd like to find it interesting because he's very busy doing his job, but he cares a lot about these issues. he knows i get to travel to africa. i get to
along with melinda, running the bill and melinda gates foundation. there's a third thing. what's the third thing, the catch-all for the rest of the things you do? >> well, innovation is what i love to work on, and so i'm spending time on energy innovation because we need cheap energy. we need clean energy. i'm creating a new high school course because i think sienc and history can be brought together and made more interesting. often, the money that lets you do the innovation is what's...
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melinda roeder is streaming liie there tonight -- mmlinda? melinda?for theenewlywed the enddof onn journny - the beginning of another.the last several months - included campaigning and controversy... and ulttmately - a committment. mmayyand is one of only threee states to approve gay marriage close one. a controversial referendum thhttcould sst a precedent - in many ways for other states.one couple came hereefroo south carolina to get married - because it's still illeggl there.another vows after 35 yeers in a r - partnership. they say they're happy to be aapart of history - and thankffl that voters supported their cause. <""his is a big stte... make apppeciateethe citizens of maayland... at one point we never mayor stephanie rawlings blake performed one of the maariage grooms is a long time city the - emplooee.live from city hall - melinda roeder - fox 455news - late editiin same sex mmrriage...is among several new laws takkng effect . today.another measureeprotects children from identity tteft .... by aalowing parents to freeze their child's crrditta
melinda roeder is streaming liie there tonight -- mmlinda? melinda?for theenewlywed the enddof onn journny - the beginning of another.the last several months - included campaigning and controversy... and ulttmately - a committment. mmayyand is one of only threee states to approve gay marriage close one. a controversial referendum thhttcould sst a precedent - in many ways for other states.one couple came hereefroo south carolina to get married - because it's still illeggl there.another vows...
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hours......and melinda roeder is live at thh nner harbor.. harbor..where people are geeting ready to ring in the melinda 3 3 33&theesecond season has arrive for thh ravens....and theeteam with themm..just thissafternoon. afternoon...the ravens delivered several of these posters to s.......nd saad they plan to paint tte town purple this yearr..just like they did last ear.áanddfans who locate the 2 golden logos painted somewhere n maryland pn wednesday mmrning...will have the opportunity to win 2 playoff gaae. ports director bruce cunningham is here withh playoff opponent... ...for the purple and black... bruce? bruue? with an up ann doww regular season behind ttee, theravens now look right down the sunday, they open the nfl pndianapolis olts...hhe- the ravens have been , of course, a bbttered football team...numerous injuries losing streak...in december.. and losses in four of theirr last ive games..but the probabll takethe field and the favored..by 6 and a half...it all looks to e cominn tooetter and john harbbugh feels pretty upbeat, to ay
hours......and melinda roeder is live at thh nner harbor.. harbor..where people are geeting ready to ring in the melinda 3 3 33&theesecond season has arrive for thh ravens....and theeteam with themm..just thissafternoon. afternoon...the ravens delivered several of these posters to s.......nd saad they plan to paint tte town purple this yearr..just like they did last ear.áanddfans who locate the 2 golden logos painted somewhere n maryland pn wednesday mmrning...will have the opportunity to...
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that's not how melinda has responded, that's not how eric holder approach their job, that's certainly not how this superintendent is approaching his job and that's not how any of us can afford to approach their jobs. i don't want to prosecute any more hate crimes cases. i want to be, for those of you over 50, remember that maytag commercial, the guy is sitting there waiting for that phone to ring? i want to be that room. i want to have nothing to do. i want to take my niece up on her offer to golf at the present side owe because i want to have time on my hands. but we see this headwind of intolerance that is a growth industry, i real estate gret to tell you. we see it manifested in our hate crimes practice, so many cases involving teenagers who have been recruited at a young age to desecrate mosques, to do so many other unspeakable things in communities across this country. so we have to get to work and we are, in fact, getting to work and i am so impressed at the partnerships that have been out here. i'm so impressed that we recognize that bullying is no longer simply the bullying of
that's not how melinda has responded, that's not how eric holder approach their job, that's certainly not how this superintendent is approaching his job and that's not how any of us can afford to approach their jobs. i don't want to prosecute any more hate crimes cases. i want to be, for those of you over 50, remember that maytag commercial, the guy is sitting there waiting for that phone to ring? i want to be that room. i want to have nothing to do. i want to take my niece up on her offer to...
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melinda roeder... has.... advice... to.. avoid.. getting "taken""...melinda.... melinda.... 3 3 not only are the ravens in the -3playoffs....but the next game... could be the last for ray lewii.so football fans... trying hard to get their haads on tickets. and scam artists know it.14:41:49 "aaddthe thing yyu havv here is high demand, limiteedsupply."angie barnett ii president of thee baltimore better business bureau... and she ants fans 3 says most teams try hard to prevent prrblems.... butt technologyymakes it easy to ttckets.... 14:42:41-48 "bbt we have to rememmer those holograms ann wateemarks can also be duplicated and copied by any good counterfeiter."yet the most common complaint... comes from online buyers.... who pay up....but thee their tickets nevvr show p.websites like bay and craigslist offer liitle recourse....ss be -3 careful which site... you shop....14:44:21-322"avoid scalping... really encoorage peoppe to go to leeitimate can help yoouprevent getting scammed...check the seating --33 chaat... to make seats are even eel.want you toowire money... a
melinda roeder... has.... advice... to.. avoid.. getting "taken""...melinda.... melinda.... 3 3 not only are the ravens in the -3playoffs....but the next game... could be the last for ray lewii.so football fans... trying hard to get their haads on tickets. and scam artists know it.14:41:49 "aaddthe thing yyu havv here is high demand, limiteedsupply."angie barnett ii president of thee baltimore better business bureau... and she ants fans 3 says most teams try hard to...
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melinda and her children are safe. with me now is larry pratt who is the executive director of gun owners of america from d.c. and otis mcdonald, the inspiration for the book "an act of bravery." he became the public face of gun rights when challenged chicago's handgun ban. thanks for being with us. otis, you live in the city of chicago. one of the most violent cities in the country. you wanted a handgun and were are told that you couldn't have one. you took your case to the united states supreme court. why? >> because i was afraid for my family. all of a sudden i look around and i can't protect them. and i thought that this is not right. i knew that i had to try and do something. my garage had been broken into twice. my house had been burglarized five different times. my life had been threatened and i said that this is enough, i have got to find some way. i go to a cap meeting every month for the last 25-30 years. and i know that the policemen are doing the best that they could and i had to go and -- >> judge jeanine:
melinda and her children are safe. with me now is larry pratt who is the executive director of gun owners of america from d.c. and otis mcdonald, the inspiration for the book "an act of bravery." he became the public face of gun rights when challenged chicago's handgun ban. thanks for being with us. otis, you live in the city of chicago. one of the most violent cities in the country. you wanted a handgun and were are told that you couldn't have one. you took your case to the united...
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in an effort to counter the backlash from newtown, the nra tweet add story about melinda herman, a georgia woman who shot an intruder in self-defense as she waited with her two children in the closet. her husband coached her on the phone. >> if he opens that door, you shoot him. you shoot him, you understand? >> reporter: she fired at him multiple times with a .38 handgun. the intruder was not hospitalized. the woman and her two children were not harmed. the nra accuses the white house of targeting people like the hermans. they'll now turn to congress to fight every item of the president's agenda. >> we said before the election if barack obama were re-elected that he was going to during his second term go off our second amendment rights. the newtown tragedy gave him an opportunity do that. >> reporter: now, the nra had called for armed guards in every school and now the administration is considering a version of that. one of the ideas on the table is to make federal funds available to schools that want to hire police or install surveillance equipment. biden has promised to send his recomme
in an effort to counter the backlash from newtown, the nra tweet add story about melinda herman, a georgia woman who shot an intruder in self-defense as she waited with her two children in the closet. her husband coached her on the phone. >> if he opens that door, you shoot him. you shoot him, you understand? >> reporter: she fired at him multiple times with a .38 handgun. the intruder was not hospitalized. the woman and her two children were not harmed. the nra accuses the white...
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i hope if you take one and only one thing from melinda and my and ruslyn's remarks today, if you have an idea, please bring them to us. we want to learn from you. we are in this together and i want to say thank you because the most important thing we have is a recognition that you understand that this is indeed a national issue for us to deal with. i'm looking forward to the rest of the day, i appreciate your presence and i appreciate your leadership, melinda, and let's get on with it. (applause). >> i have the honor of sbre duesing our moderator, tom perez has graciously agreed to stay and participate in our first panel, business creating a healthy safe and inclusive environment for all school students, the role of our federal government. tom perez, assistant secretary for civil rights, ruslyn lee. she was also nominated by president obama to serve in her role as assistant secretary of education for civil rights and she was confirmed by the senate in may of 2009. as assistant secretary, ruslyn is assistant secretary arnie's duncan's primary advisor. before she joined the department o
i hope if you take one and only one thing from melinda and my and ruslyn's remarks today, if you have an idea, please bring them to us. we want to learn from you. we are in this together and i want to say thank you because the most important thing we have is a recognition that you understand that this is indeed a national issue for us to deal with. i'm looking forward to the rest of the day, i appreciate your presence and i appreciate your leadership, melinda, and let's get on with it....
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attorney, melinda hague and i helped spearhead yesterday with 800 students who came together who watch an incredible film by lee hirsch i've heard the wonderful reports from the kids, seen their laughter and their tears. we are going to honor your making that film by doing what we need to do to stop bullying across the country. because the data shared by our u.s. attorney, representatives from the department of education confirm if we don't do anything about it, 13 million kids will become victims again for another year. some 3 million kids across the country will decide it is better to leave their school grounds than to continue their education. there will be more stupblting of the emotional and educational growth of our kids. all across the bay, whether working here in san francisco or alameda or sonoma or santa clara county. i want to thank you law enforcement officials here, instructors, community advocates, people who are concerned about our kids, they are our future and i would love to see a new generation of kids who don't know what bully is, who are not victims, who don't have
attorney, melinda hague and i helped spearhead yesterday with 800 students who came together who watch an incredible film by lee hirsch i've heard the wonderful reports from the kids, seen their laughter and their tears. we are going to honor your making that film by doing what we need to do to stop bullying across the country. because the data shared by our u.s. attorney, representatives from the department of education confirm if we don't do anything about it, 13 million kids will become...
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aaproach... 22:27:477"deep down inside,,we &pknnw ttht we can nevee fully prevent another saady hook, melinda roeder - foo 45 news at tenn &p3 the countyycouucil will ote on funding for the council will vote heecounty 3& fox 45 news at ten.meeinda roeeer - mellnda rredee - fox -3 45 news at ten..- 3& the coontt counnil will vote po funding for thh new security plla at it's meeting 3 commng up in our 6 o'clock - hour... a ssrveillance tapp of a chilling kidnapping - school....